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Attorney-Client Privilege, the Cohen Raid and the Mueller Investigation

Is everything in a lawyer's office protected by attorney-client privilege? The answer is almost always “no.”
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

No Partners, No Problem for This Boutique Law Firm

Jason Sieminski of Spruce Law said his goal was to have a firm where lawyers "wouldn't be pitted against each other for compensation."
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Skadden's Pat Fitzgerald Representing 'Best Friend' Jim Comey

A pair who became best buddies at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan have officially reunited as a lawyer-client combo.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

For Better Outside Counsel Relationships, Tell Firms How They're Being Measured

"It feels like the law firms are going to do what we ask them to do, but oftentimes, we're not telling them what we want," said one in-house ops leader at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual institute.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

With Help From New Law, This Legal Department is Firing its Outside Counsel

Univar Inc. is working with Elevate and a new Elevate-affiliated law firm to find new ways of doing legal work that it claims will result in 50 percent savings for its $10.5 million legal budget. "Law Land is not special," said Univar's general counsel.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Leaders at Starbucks, Northwestern Mutual Share Diversity & Inclusion Tips

Lisa Kremer Brown of Starbucks, Lisa Brzycki of Northwestern Mutual and other legal department decision-makers shared their best diversity strategies at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual institute.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Laster Orders Morris Nichols to Produce Client's Litigation File

The Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell to turn over additional documents to two former clients embroiled in a dispute over control of a New York-based technology-services firm.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Five Ways to Make the Most of Convergence in Legal Communications

In this Law Firm Management column, Steven Andersen writes: Although there is tremendous upside in creating bespoke communications strategies using the full range of media services, there's now increased risk for confusion and competing agendas. For law firms and agencies alike, convergence presents the necessity to stretch—to quickly learn and adapt to new tools and strategies, and to reshape their relationships.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Amid Mueller Probe, Gregory Craig Retires From Skadden

The former White House counsel has left Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C., as the firm's ties to Ukraine's former government continue to be of interest to special counsel Robert Mueller III.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Firms Careful About Geographic Expansion, but Pioneers Claim Success

"Expansion is not something you decide overnight," according to Sanjay Ibrahim. "It's got to be part of a macro-level plan."
8 minute read

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